Bennie Abramson

Bennie Abramson (1 March 1916 Durban, South Africa - 15 August 1986 Durban, South Africa) service number 2634 2nd South African Infantry Division, was the son of Samuel Abramson (1876-1951) and Jane Abramson nee Berger (1888-1957) of Durban.

During World War Two he and his brother Harry Abramson (1918 - 1999) enlisted in the Union Defence Force. He enlisted on the 17 May 1940. He was a private. The brothers were sent 'up North' as part of the South African 2nd Infantry Division. They were taken prisoner of war at Tobruk on the 21 June 1942. They were sent to Italy and interned at Campo 65, Gravina and then at Campo 103 Treviso. Campo 103 was a subsection of the Monigo concentration camp which was housed in a suburban military barracks and accommodated a few hundred South African and New Zealand PoWs captured at the fall of Tobruk in June 1941. The brothers were then sent to Campo 82, Laterina. Following the Italian Armistice, they were captured by the German Army. They were sent to Germany and interned at Stalag IV B Mühlberg and then at Stalag IV C Wistritz Sudetenland. They were sent to the working detachment Tschausch III Brux, Czechoslavkia, where Bennie was a labourer. His German Pow number was 223442. He was a bachelor and lived in Durban.

Source: Abrahamson B. Imperial Prisoners of War Held in Italy, Italian-Occupied Territory: British & Commonwealth.

The National Archives; Kew, London, England; WO 392 POW Lists 1943-1945; Reference Number: WO 392/21.

Imperial Prisoners of War Held in Germany or German-Occupied Territory: South Africa The National Archives; Kew, London, England; WO 392 POW Lists 1943-1945; Reference Number: WO 392/5.

Abramson Benny Jack. Imperial Prisoners of War Held in Germany or German-Occupied Territory: South Africa The National Archives; Kew, London, England; WO 416 POW Lists 1943-1945; Reference Number: WO 1/253. https://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/S4C/cSt_4C_RedCross26Jan45.htm The South African Jewish Database Jewish Migration and Genealogy.